Review Summary

In this French period drama, Grégoire (Samuel Le Bihan) and his American Indian partner, Mani (Mark Dacascos), have been summoned to Gévaudan, in southern France, to investigate the gruesome deaths inflicted by a beast that has been terrorizing the countryside. In their perambulations they stumble into black magic, treachery, threats of incest and finally conspiracy – the Court of Louis XV as depicted by Edgar Allan Poe. There's no doubt that this berserk yet entertaining drama and action picture takes itself much too seriously. But that doesn't mean you should, and you'll probably have a good time if you don't. – Elvis Mitchell